One Valley restaurant is putting Arizona on the map for fine dining, topping TripAdvisor's list of best fine dining restaurants in the country.
Café Monarch in Scottsdale is ranked third behind two New York City restaurants on TripAdvisor's top 10 fine dining restaurants list.
This is not the first time Café Monarch has been recognized as one of the best. The Old Town restaurant is often featured on culinary lists, including OpenTable's 2018 list of the 100 best restaurants in America and Yelp's most romantic restaurant's list. OpenTable even included Café Monarch on its best outdoor dining list.
To create this year's best fine dining list, TripAdvisor looked at the quantity and quality of reviews for restaurants around the world gathered over a 12-month period.
Here are the 2018 top 10 fine dining restaurants in America:
1. Gabriel Kreuther – New York City, New York
2. Daniel – New York City, New York
3. Café Monarch – Scottsdale, Arizona
4. Circa 1886 – Charleston, South Carolina
5. Flight Restaurant & Wine Bar – Memphis, Tennessee
6. Halls Chophouse – Charleston, South Carolina
7. GW Fins – New Orleans, Louisiana
8. Charleston Grill – Charleston, South Carolina
9. Lahaina Grill – Maui, Hawaii
10. Geronimo – Santa Fe, New Mexico
